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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am one of those medical practitioners, sometimes known as a doctor. I have been a GP for 30 years, and every year I look after four or five cases related to palliative and…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do think it is right for this Bill to require two doctors and a judiciary review, because this is new legislation and we must be sure that it is safe. These safeguards are…29 Nov 2024HANSARDNo. 84/85 bus service in South GloucestershireThis cross-boundary service enabled people in Wotton-under-Edge who do not have a vehicle to travel south to Yate and on to Bristol. The service also allowed people in south…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Global Plastics TreatyI beg to move, That this House has considered the Global Plastics Treaty. I thank you, Dr Huq, for chairing this debate, and the Minister for attending. Plastic pollution is…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Global Plastics TreatyI certainly do agree with you, and it is one reason that I am delivering this speech; thank you for that. It might seem obvious that plastic pollution cannot be addressed without…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Global Plastics TreatyThank you—20 Nov 2024HANSARD Global Plastics TreatyI do apologise, Dr Huq. I shall try to do better. As I was saying, the Environment Secretary has made zero waste one of the Department’s core missions, and has set up a circular…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Global Plastics TreatyI thank the hon. Member for raising that point. I do believe that green initiatives and recycling have to begin at home; we have to do our own bit first and then spread the word.…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Global Plastics TreatyDoes the Minister know why there is no shadow Minister here to contribute to the debate for the Opposition?20 Nov 2024HANSARD Global Plastics TreatyOkay. Thank you.20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ11. The previous Government failed countless women through chronic underfunding of maternity services. At Stroud maternity hospital, post-natal beds have remained closed for more…20 Nov 2024HANSARD NHS Dentistry: South-westThank you, Mr Vickers, for chairing this essential debate about dentistry in the south-west. My mailbox is full of people complaining about the lack of NHS dentistry, and we have…12 Nov 2024HANSARD NHS Dentistry: South-westYes, but that is even more shocking, is it not? There are also disincentives in the contract for dentists to take on new NHS patients. When we look into it, there are all sorts of…12 Nov 2024HANSARD NHS Dentistry: South-westThat is absolutely true. Simple things such as dental brushing schemes, which we introduced in the Stroud area before the election, are essential. Those sorts of things are often…12 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI have no doubt. I would like to finish my speech, if I may. We need to invest in neighbourhood health centres. In Suffolk, Dr Tim Reed is developing a genuinely holistic service,…06 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsOkay. I worked in general practice for 30 years. There is always mitigation for tax changes, and I have no doubt that the Government will look after GPs.06 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsSorry. I did get rather angry there, and I shall not get angry any more. Let me talk about GP access. We need to get doctors, not receptionists or 111, to perform triage, and we…06 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI understand that it will be mitigated through funding. I am not exactly sure how, but I have no doubt— [ Interruption. ] That is because I have not been informed, but I have no…06 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe) for his speech, but he should know better, because one of his relatives used to be a doctor in my village in the Cotwolds.…06 Nov 2024HANSARDMental Health SupportAbsolutely; I fully agree with that. I want to make a couple of comments about the state of mental health services, for which there are extraordinary waits: a patient of mine had…10 Oct 2024